The National Association of Scholars is committed to rational discourse as the foundation of academic life in a free and democratic society. Among the issues that especially concern the NAS are:

• Decline of academic standards

• Suppression of students' freedoms of speech and association

• Absence of core curricula or other requirements ensuring a well-rounded education

• Politicization of scholarship and teaching, and the substitution of social reform for the pursuit of knowledge

• Unfair treatment of colleagues suspected of holding "politically incorrect" views

• Use of sexual, racial, or other criteria unrelated to merit in hiring, in promotion, and in student recruitment

• Use of noncurricular resources, such as orientations and residential life programs, to impose political and ideological conformity on student life

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